Today a new classroom building (oops–I didn’t photo the building) was dedicated on the Willamette campus. The building was built with funding from major benefactor Hallie Ford and her portrait (by Portland artist Paul Missal) hangs in the lobby:
Today, though, I wasn’t there to attend the ceremony, but rather to join artist Marie Watt’s “sewing circle”. She is making two large fabric pieces which will hang in Ford Hall beginning in January. Today the Willamette community was able to join in the “making” process. In the age-old way we sat around sewing and talking and laughing and sewing. It was quite fun and the piece will be beautiful (Marie is on the far right):
the fabric pieces are all cut from old blankets:
Here’s Marie Watt. I’ll photo the pieces when they go up:
On The Way 